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(NoModeL) 0. E. OOGHRANE.

CLOTHES DRIER.

No. 528,222. Patented on. 30, 1894.

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UNITED STAT S FFICE.

PATENT CLOTHES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 0. 528,222, dated October 30, 1894. Application filed May 31,1894. Serial No. 513.101. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES ECOCHRANE, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful. Im-

5 proyements in Towel-Racks, of which the followlng is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of towel racks which are provided with arms, held in a bar or frame, which arms can be extended horizontally when in use, and can be suspended vertically when notin use, and consists in the arrangement of the parts so that the arms may be extended on either side of the supporting bar, whereby a reversible rack is secured, and in the particular arrangement of the parts hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows my rack attached to the back of a washstand or other piece of furniture. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section showing the construction of the sockets, and Fig. 3 is a cross sectional View of. a socket.

Similar letters of reference designate similar parts in all the figures.

A is a metal bar which is adapted at one end to be screwed or fastened to the back of a piece of furniture or to other supporting wood work, This bar is provided with cuplike sockets B B B, with transverse slots O 30 C, therein, through which the rods E E E can slide. The rods are retained within the slots by the balls D D D, and F F F on the ends thereof. By this construction the rods E E E may be extended on either side of the bar 3 5 A, as may be most desirable when in use, and may be suspended vertically when not in use.

The rack may be screwed to the back of a wash-stand or similar piece of furniture the screws being concealed from view and entering the unfinished part of the wood and not W marring the visible part of the furniture; and by means of the reversible character of the rack it may be extended from either side of the Wash-stand and the arms can always be extended in a forward direction. In this manner I obtain a strong, durable and compact towel rack, occupying little space when the arms are not in use, and affording considerable hanging space when required, and which can be readily attached to the back of a piece of furniture from either side; and in which the several arms can be extended in opposite directions at the same time if desired. A

Having thus described my invention, what 5 5 I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A towel rack consisting of a horizontal bar A, connecting cylindrical portions B B B which are provided with rounded tops projecting above said bar A, interior recesses or sockets and transverse slots through the rounded tops, rods E E E and balls D D D and F F F, the said bar A being provided with means for attaching the same to the un- 55 finishedback of a piece of furniture so that the arms may be extended parallel with the side thereof, substantially as described.

. CHARLES E. OQCHRANE,

Witnesses:

JAMES 0. WILSON, WM. D. NEILLEY. 

